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A hundred years
on, World War One has been on our minds for the past few years. Mostly it's
been from the point of view of the men who fought and died - or survived.
Recovery - Women's Overseas Service in World War One a new book - and
exhibition at Tairawhiti Museum in Gisborne - looks at the contribution of
women. Internationally recognised historian Kay Morris Matthews tells the
story of 54 women from the East Coast who volunteered for the front lines.
Mar 26, 2017 02:50 pm
The country's
longest running poetry magazine has just put out issue 51, an impressive
tally in anyone's book. Lynn Freeman spoke to Jack Ross who has edited
Poetry New Zealand: Yearbook 2017, featuring new and well established
writers. Jack has selected 125 new poems from hundreds submitted
internationally, and supplemented them with essays and reviews by other
writers keen to get people talking more about poetry.
Mar 26, 2017 02:40 pm
Brick Bay
Sculpture Trail is approaching its 10th anniversary of meshing the
environment with the work of New Zealand artists - both visual and sonic.
As well as the plethora of physical sculptures, a growing amount of sonic
art has been installed. Shaun D Wilson headed north of Auckland, past Pohui
and Warkworth to walk the trail with sculptor Jonathan Organ who curates
Brick Bay. Resting in the trees above the wooden pathway is multi-speaker
choral piece by Olivia Webb called Miserere Mei. Its only recently arrived
and joins sound works by Sharonagh Montrose, Sam Hamilton, Ivan Mrsic, and
P. Westbourne.
Mar 26, 2017 02:25 pm
It's been a few
years since Standing Room Only had veteran comedian Jamie Bowen on the
show. He's lost a bit of hair but gained an impressive beard. It's
actually an award-winning beard - a rare win for a performer whose proud
boast is he' one of the most award-nominated comics in the country. He's
also one of the few Kiwis to be able to make a living out of comedy.
Mar 26, 2017 02:06 pm
While cats are the
undisputed kings of the internet, they don't actually feature very
prominently in TV shows and films - no doubt largely because of their
notorious difficulty in being wrangled. There's a reason for the expression
"it's like herding cats". In Screen Gems, cat lover Irene Gardiner
reminds us of some of our favourite screen cats from New Zealand and
abroad.
Mar 26, 2017 01:45 pm
Kiwi artists,
writers and musicians who feel a connection to the Ancient World are being
asked to share their stories for a new website. New Zealand was after all
where the long running series of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena:
Warrior Princess were filmed. One of the stars of those series, Michael
Hurst, is one of the first to talk about the influence of the classics in
his career, as part of Massey University's Classical World New Zealand
website. Greek national Dr Anastasia Bakogianni wants the site to remind us
how much influence Ancient Greece and Rome have on the modern world -
including 21st century New Zealand. Lynn Freeman spoke to her and and
storyteller Derek Gordon who's very strongly influenced by the classics in
his work.
Mar 26, 2017 01:30 pm
Simon Morris is
joined by Kathy Cunningham, the CEO of the Whanganui Events trust and glass
artist Phil Stokes to talk about the Home Artists Open Studios event in
Wanganui. Artists from the area are opening up their practise to whoever is
interested.
Mar 26, 2017 12:50 pm
We like Irish
performers here in New Zealand. Partly it's because they're terrific - a
line of genius from Oscar Wilde, Dave Allen, Father Ted and Dylan Moran.
Case in point: writer-actor-comedienne Sonya Kelly, whose show How to Keep
An Alien is part of the Wanaka Festival of Colour, Kerikeri's UPSURGE
Festival, and is about to wrap up at the Auckland Arts Festival. The show
is an exploration of the difficult task of proving your love to a
government bureaucracy.
Mar 26, 2017 12:35 pm
2016 was by any
definition a pretty good one for NZ films – big hits, the continuing rise
and rise of Taika Waititi, climaxing in another Oscar for the hugely
successful editor John Gilbert for Hacksaw Ridge. But 2017 looks even
busier, both for local films – fiction and documentaries – and big overseas
production
Mar 26, 2017 12:12 pm
Simon Morris looks at three films that
all, in different ways, fail to excite: Loving, Gary of the Pacific and
Trespass Against Us.
Mar 22, 2017 07:30 pm
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